Contents
Preface to the CUA Edition
Introduction
1252–1256, Sententiarius at Paris: Scriptum Super Sententias
1256–1259, Regent Master in Theology at Paris: De Veritate; Quaestiones de Quodlibet; Super Matthaeum; Super Isaiam; Contra Impugnantes
1259–1268, In Service to the Church in Italy: Summa Contra Gentiles; De Rationibus Fidei; In Job; De malo; Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars
1268–1272, Second Parisian Regency: Compendium Theologiae; Pauline Commentaries; Super Johannem; De Virtutibus; Quaestiones de Quodlibet; De Perfectione Spiritualis Vitae; Summa Theologiae, Secunda Pars
1272–1273, Regent at Naples: Summa Theologiae, Tertia Pars; Super Psalmos; Sermons
Principles of St. Thomas’s Biblical Interpretation
Postilla super Isaiam: A Biblical Christology
The Commentaries on the Gospels of Matthew and John: The Allegorical Sense of Scripture: Christ and the New Adam
The Commentaries on the Letters of Saint Paul on Hebrews
Expositio in Job “ad litteram”: Penitential Satisfaction and the Moral Sense of Scripture
Commentaries on the New Testament: Satisfaction in the Context of the Sacraments of Baptism and Penance
Postilla Super Psalmos: Satisfaction Produces a Joyful Spirit
Conclusion
Scriptum super Sententias, Book IV: A Dialectic between Two Classical Definitions of Satisfaction: The Liber Ecclesiasticorum Dogmatum and Cur Deus homo?
Scriptum super Sententias, Book III: New Perspectives on Traditional Materials Concerning the Satisfaction of Christ
The Necessity of the Incarnation
The Satisfaction Accomplished by the Passion: Redemption not Liberation
Summary of the New Perspectives in Book III
Scriptum Super Sententias, Book IV: The Satisfaction of the Members
“Poena” and “Culpa” in the De malo
De Veritate: Satisfaction and the Graced Humanity of the Word
Summa Contra Gentiles: Satisfaction “Ex Dignitate Personae Patientis” and “Ex Maiori Caritate Procedens”
De Rationibus Fidei: Satisfaction and the Humility of the Suffering Servant
Compendium Theologiae: Summary of Basic Teaching
Satisfaction and the Perfection of Charity
Sacramental Satisfaction
Summa Theologiae Ia-IIae: Punishment as Restorative
Q. 87, a. 6: Re-ordering of Sin’s Effects
Q. 87, aa. 7, 8: Remedial Punishments
The God-Centered Dynamism of the Human Person
Programmatic Essay: The Incarnation and Our Attainment of Beatitude
Qq. 2–15: The Ontological Structure of the Incarnate God
Qq. 16–26: Some Implications of the Hypostatic Union
Summa Theologiae IIIa, qq. 46–59: Satisfaction: “To Win for Our Spirit Perfect Union with God” as the Key Notion of Christ’s Redemptive Death
The Method of Investigation Employed by Aquinas
Q. 46, aa. 1–6: Programmatic Essay: Redemption with All the Human Values of Satisfaction
Q. 47, aa. 1–3: Christ’s Loving Obedience to His Father’s Will
Q. 48, aa. 1–6: Satisfaction: Key Notion for Interpreting Christ’s Redemptive Death
Reconciliation: Effect of Christ’s Satisfaction
Adoptive Sonship as Model for the Union of Head and Members
The Sacraments of the Church: Instruments for Restoring the Image of God
Image-Restoration and the Economy of Salvation
Satisfaction before and after the Coming of Christ
The Image of God and Human History
Aspects of Sacramental Mediation throughout the Economy of Salvation
In the Church of Faith and Sacraments
The Sacrament of Baptism: Incorporation into Christ as Adopted Children
The Sacrament of Penance: Spiritual Medicine for Prodigals
The Satisfaction of Divine Justice: Restoration of All Things in Christ
Conclusion
St. Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo?
The Argument for Satisfaction
Bibliography
Index of Names